Well, he has had a couple of months to cross out all the 17s and replace them with 21s.

__________________"Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard

Ian McCulloch the U2 fan:
"Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat."
"And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth."

At a meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, there was surprising support for Donald Trump. At a noon gathering in downtown Cleveland, there were no empty chairs, reports Tom Hamburger, who notes that a kosher meal was served. Several participants said the mood was upbeat and rumors proved unfounded that there would be a drop-off in attendance by Republican Jewish donors, who some thought were put off by some of Trump’s more inflammatory rhetoric. In fact, several said that support for Trump was strong and that attendance at the summit was high. Attendees included big GOP donor and Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who sat in the audience with his wife Miriam and did not speak but seemed supportive of Trump (who was not there) and the speakers. Newt Gingrich addressed the group, as did former U.N. ambassador John Bolton.

Conversation revolved around the “high stakes” of the election for Israel and the world because of the threat from Iran and radical jihadists.

Cruz is done. He will lose in the republican primary in 2018, especially if Trump is elected. Texans have turned against him. He used to be very popular in this state, but now we hate him.

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Way too early to tell. The party has no principles anymore. For 8 years all you talked about was how the country needed principled conservatism and then you nominate everything you've been railing against. If Trump wins and failing, Cruz looks like a hero. If Trump loses then Cruz is positioned to take the party "back to its conservative roots". The only way Cruz loses and people remember, is if Trump wins and he's doing well, which is really the least likely scenario.

Cruz set himself up as the anti-Trump. If Trump continues to be an embarrassment (likely) and ends up getting crushed in November (TBD), then Cruz comes out as the only guy who stood up to Trump.

If Trump ends up winning, then yea, his political career is obviously done. He probably goes and signs a nice big contract with Fox and calls it a day.

And hey, fuck Ted Cruz. But Trump set this whole thing up to further embarrass Cruz, after a year of doing the same. He's still a terrible human being, but at least he's not a spineless tool like Christie.